Apple’s Damages in VirnetX Enhanced to $625M after Finding of Willfulness

(Tyler, Texas – February 3, 2016) It’s an infinite loop, alright. After successfully overturning a $368 million judgment in which Apple was found guilty of infringement, a jury revisited the case and found Apple to have been willful in their infringement and to have continued unabated since the earlier verdict. They reinstated and “enhanced” the damages, now $625 million, in in Apple vs. VirnetX, TXED 6:12-cv-00855-RWS.

The patents in question, each belonging to VirnetX, are numbered 6,502,135, 7,418,504, 7,490,151, and 7,921,211. Apple’s infringing products included VPN on Demand, iMessage, and FaceTime. It was also found that these products have continued to infringe since the first verdict in 2010.

Apple asked the judge to declare a mistrial, arguing that the jury was misled and confused by VirnetX’s closing arguments.